Long balls doom Rangers By T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com
Vicente Padilla did not make many mistakes against the Blue Jays, but they managed to take the Rangers starter deep three times. Sammy Sosa doubled in the first inning to drive home Kenny Lofton for Texas' only run against Toronto ace Roy Halladay.
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Blue Jays 6, Rangers 1
Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay posted a perfect 4-0 record in April. (Adrian Wyld/AP)
Halladay goes distance By Gregor Chisholm / MLB.com
Roy Halladay needed only two hours and two minutes to post his second complete game of the season, improving to 4-0 by allowing one run and striking out eight. Troy Glaus, Aaron Hill and Adam Lind homered.
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TODAY'S WRAPS: April 30, 2007
Texas
(10-15)
Lost 2
Toronto 6, Texas 1
Today's Boxes 4/30/07
DET 8, BAL 4
PIT 3, CHC 2
ATL 5, PHI 2
MIL 7, STL 1
FLA 9, NYM 6
LAA 3, KC 1
WSH 3, SD 2
ARI 9, LAD 1
SF 9, COL 5
Toronto
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Won 2
April 30, 2007
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Standings thru 4/30/07  | Gameday  | Rangers Stats  | Blue Jays Stats
Texas AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Lofton , CF4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .262
Young , SS4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .215
Teixeira , 1B4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .231
Sosa , DH4 0 2 1 0 1 1 .244
Blalock , 3B3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .247
Kinsler , 2B3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .298
Wilkerson , LF3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .240
Cruz , RF3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .233
Laird , C3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .176
Totals 31 1 5 1 0 8 8
BATTING 2B : Sosa (5, Halladay), Wilkerson (2, Halladay).TB : Lofton; Young; Sosa 3; Wilkerson 2.RBI : Sosa (20).2-out RBI : Sosa.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Blalock; Laird; Sosa.GIDP : Blalock.Team LOB : 3. BASERUNNING SB : Lofton 2 (11, 2nd base off Halladay/Phillips, 3rd base off Halladay/Phillips). FIELDING DP : 2 (Kinsler-Young-Teixeira, Young-Kinsler-Teixeira).
Toronto AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Lind , LF4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .288
Rios , CF4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267
Overbay , 1B3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .231
Thomas , DH3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .250
1-Smith , PR-DH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220
Glaus , 3B3 2 2 2 1 1 1 .344
Stairs , RF4 1 3 0 0 1 1 .324
Hill , 2B3 1 1 3 0 0 3 .312
Phillips , C3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .286
McDonald , SS3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .415
Totals 30 6 9 6 4 5 11
1-Ran for Thomas in the 8th.
BATTING 2B : Lind (3, Padilla), Thomas (4, Feldman), Stairs (2, Feldman).HR : Glaus (3, 2nd inning off Padilla, 0 on, 0 out), Hill (5, 2nd inning off Padilla, 1 on, 0 out), Lind (3, 7th inning off Padilla, 0 on, 2 out).TB : Lind 6; Thomas 2; Glaus 5; Stairs 4; Hill 4.RBI : Glaus 2 (9), Hill 3 (20), Lind (10).2-out RBI : Lind.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : McDonald; Phillips.SF : Hill.GIDP : Thomas; Hill.Team LOB : 5. FIELDING DP : (Overbay-McDonald-Overbay).
Texas IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Padilla (L, 0-4)7.0 6 4 4 4 4 3 5.66
Feldman 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 6.08
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Halladay (W, 4-0)9.0 5 1 1 0 8 0 2.28
Pitches-strikes : Padilla 105-59, Feldman 22-15, Halladay 110-80.Ground outs-fly outs : Padilla 11-6, Feldman 1-1, Halladay 14-5.Batters faced : Padilla 29, Feldman 6, Halladay 31.Umpires : HP: Ted Barrett. 1B: Mark Carlson. 2B: Larry Young. 3B: Angel Hernandez.Weather : 68 degrees, roof closed.Wind : 0 mph, None.T : 2:02.Att : 19,041.
Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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